James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 15 (1933) Winner
Violet Clifton
バイオレット・クリフトン
Baioreotto Kurifton
Aliases:
Violet Mary Beauclerk
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1883-11-02 （Rome, Italy）
- Died
- 1961-11-20 （Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England） age 78
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Lytham Hall, Lancashire → Kylemore House, Connemara, Ireland → Kildalton Castle, Islay, Scotland
Career
- Occupations
- writer
- Active Years
- 1911-1956
- Nominations
- Nominated for 1935 Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated by Nevill Coghill)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | James Tait Black Prize | The Book of Talbot | — | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Prize
1933
Work:
The Book of Talbot
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Book of Talbot
1933 BiographyBiography of her husband John Talbot Clifton's adventurous life.
adventurefamilytravel
Vision of Peru: Kings, Conquerors, Saints
1947 TravelogueDescription of Peru's history, kings, conquerors, and saints.
historyreligioncolonialism
Islands of Queen Wilhelmina
1927 TravelogueTravelogue of islands in Indonesia, later reissued as Islands of Indonesia.
islandscolonialism
Bibliography
- Pilgrims to the Isles of Penance: Orchid Gathering in the East (1911)
- Islands of Queen Wilhelmina (1927)
- The Book of Talbot (1933)
- Sanctity: A Play (1934)
- Charister (1938)
- Seven Poems (1940)
- Vision of Peru: Kings, Conquerors, Saints (1947)
- Marymas and Other Poems (1956)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- biographical narrativepoetic expression
- Recurring Motifs
- traveladventuresanctity
Legacy
English writer who won the 1933 James Tait Black Prize for The Book of Talbot, her biography of her husband. Nominated for the 1935 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Archives
- Faded Page (Canada)
In Popular Culture
- Her son Harry Clifton gifted a carved lapis lazuli to W. B. Yeats, inspiring the poem Lapis Lazuli.
Trivia
- Descendant of Charles Beauclerk, illegitimate son of Charles II and Nell Gwyn.
- Had her husband's body embalmed and transported back to Scotland for burial.